The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-09
entered at the Post Office at Eden
ton as Second-C Class Matter.
Scales and PLANTS.

Edenton.
Services will be held Sunday at all the
churches.
Several cases before Justice Hooper
this week.
pop, pop, pow.
Fine assortment of Christmas Toys at
.. Newman s.
Christmas toys will be next to demand
the poor mans change.
Look out for several large new adver-
tisemenIs in our next.
Mrs. James c.. Warren arrived at her
new home (Edentonl on Tuesday last.
Try Farmers Pride" Flour, $4.75
a bbl. nice and white, only at Dixons'.
The protracted meeting at the Baptist
church, this week. is largely attended.
Rev. Earnest Stevens, pastor OF the NJ.
E. church, called to see us on Wednes-
day.
Read the proceedings of last meeting
of the County Commissioners, in this
issue.
Fatten your Christmas turkey. It
won't be long now before they so to
roost.
house callers are visiting their friends
in town.
Try Farmers Pride Flour. $40
a bbl. niceand white, only at Dixons'.
Merchants, now is the time to adver-
tise your Christmas goods. Don t wait
TOO late.
The survey Of the Albemarle & Pan
tego Railroad is within three miles OF
Pantego.
Christmas is only three Sundays off.
So we were informed by little girl on
yesterday.
The Old Dominion steamers. New
berne and PamlicO, ashore in CroaCau
sound, have been fioated.
Great change in the Ten Pin Alley.
to the players. Call at
Hayes and get information.
Try Farmers Pride Flour. $4.75
a bbl. nice and white, only at Dixons
We understand that Mr.. r. B. Hayes
will take regular boarders after January
1st, 1888, at reasonable terms.
Whoo-pee! Hasn't Bateman got q
lot OF holiday goods? Some TO suit !
everybody. And aint they cheap:
Look out for the enlargement of the |
FISHERMAN & FARMER next week |
Every body should then subscribe for it. |
Edenton can truthfully boast of being |
the prettiest town in the State; also Of |
having the most cordial and hospitable |
people.
Two of the Elizabeth City rioters
were recently fined $500 each for crea-
ting disturbance in the Whitehurst |
Hall at Portsmouth.
There is nothing like talking your
town up. Always speak we'll OF it when
strangers are around. If Anything goes
wrong keep it ut home.
We were pleased to see in our Office
ibis week, several gentlemen, one of
whom informed US that next year he
would bring his family to Edenton.
Mr.. E. M. Robinson, of the U. s. Fish
Commissioner, is stocking the streams
IF Haywood, Jackson, Swain and other
counties with trout.-Ex.
Edenton wants a barrell factory, q
machine shop and other manufacturing
These enterprises will pay
lere as well as in any town in the Stat.
Mr.. L. D. Bond is again with us. He
.lways returns in excellant spirits.
which is an Indication of successful {
rips. Go it, Lin, our wishes are with
'Ou.
We have received several very en-
letters this week from parties
Who reads the FISHERMAN & FARMER
hanks, gentlemen. we appreciate your
ind words.
We acknowledge a very pleasant call,
n Tuesday last, from Mr.. James r.
ones, Editor and Manager of the Pre-
ibition Leader and Banner, published c
t Archdale, n. @.
The marriage fever seems to have :
truck our E. City friends. Judging !
rom the recent accounts given in the t
ournals, at our sister Betsy, there must f
e only few left"
The FISHERMAN & FARMER will be
nlarged next week to an eight page
-eekly. Owing to large number of
advertisements, now coming III, we are
ompel TO increase the size.
Fishermen of pound nets" in the I
,wer sounds complain of the scarcity
f fish. Some of them have temporarily \
appended. The only considerable II
atch that we hear spoken of is large h
ltch of rock fish of several hundred II
ounds by Capt. Gard, last week. The 81
Ill netters have not yet put in. Gen Il
ally they commence operations from r.
hristmas to the 1st of January.-Econ-
mist. b